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Cuneiform Foundation Tablet (4695995469)
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The world it comes from
Persian rule, the long twilight of cuneiform.
Scholarly note
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid Period (ca. 550 - 330 BCE) In the museum at Persepolis, Iran. A translation of the text appears in the next photo.
Attribution
Image: A.Davey from Portland, Oregon, EE UU — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform Foundation Tablet (4695995469).jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_Foundation_Tablet_(4695995469).jpg. Description: Achaemenid Period (ca. 550 - 330 BCE) In the museum at Persepolis, Iran. A translation of the text appears in the next photo..
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